Oh wow that's crazy. The amazing folks from OItNB definitely need to sit him down and teach him how to be a straight ally appropriately.

I remember in the mid-1990s that a diplomat from Georgia (the country) hit someone with his car (and possibly killed, but it's hazy what I recall from 6th grade current events class). There was concern whether or not he'd be able to invoke diplomatic immunity, but fortunately his country gave full clearance for the US…

Nope, not really spongey. Just cheap industrial paper.

As a UK resident, I'd like to clarify that it wasn't a cloth towel, but a paper towel. It's referred to as blue roll, because it's a roll of cheap blue paper used for cleaning. The Daily Mail image shows that it is blue roll as well. (And also, thanks no thanks for making me go to the Daily Fail. But this story does…

True story: I actually got tendinitis from too much chopping. Inflamed tendon in my right arm after chopping up a ridiculous amount of veg that fed 9 people dinner for 2 days.

The one with the red frillies struck me as likely to be burlesque folk as well.

I read Kierman's book and it really is quite different from the show. It probably shows the realities of prison (from a privileged white girl's point of view with a short sentence) better than the show. I think at this point the book was just a jumping off point for the show, and reality can't get in the way of a good…

Oh yes, it was PRECISELY because of this guy that I made a rule that anyone I dated either needed to be employed or a student (I was in college). I was willing to relax that a bit once the recession hit to 'actively seeking work and trying super hard.' But that dude wouldn't have fit that relaxed criteria anyway.

Mine had a tattoo of a skull with a spider dropping down from his arm... And I could really HELP him get his life together and stuff...

The intention of the law was to stop the creation and distribution of pornography involving children under the age of 18.

Plus you might also get that nice high that comes with the feeling that you can fix him and therefore he really needs you... Yeah, I made that mistake at 19 (thank goodness the guy was just an aimless loser rather than a criminal).

Reply to myself: OK, I looked at the abstract and they did use Bayesian methods, so good on them. But the researcher interviewed in the Boston Globe article did say that this wasn't really generalisable to be helpful to anyone other than if you happen to be in the minority whose fertility doesn't decline until later…

OK, I looked at the abstract and they did use Bayesian methods, so good on them. But the researcher interviewed in the Boston Globe article did say that this wasn't really generalisable to be helpful to anyone other than if you happen to be in the minority whose fertility doesn't decline until later than normal (a la…

I just made a post, without reading the actual paper, criticising the small sample size for this study. It's survey data, so you really do need really large samples to make decent conclusions, unless the study had super matched data (as in the ONLY difference was age for first child and nothing else) or some computer…

Totally agree! My mom had me, her first, at 38 and died of cancer at 47.

Now I get to share the sad anecdote about how I was my mom's first at 38 and she died at 47 from cancer.

There have been a commenter or two on here who said they found the letter intriguing. So out of the 225 replies at the moment (yes, I know, making the poor assumption that all replies are unique commenters) and let's bump the 2 I notice up to 5 (because I don't want to put any more effort in to trawl through the…

He probably would have a better shot if he just did a star rating. Equally useful to let someone know you find them attractive/interesting and implies you want them to check out your profile (where much of the information in the form letter could be instead), but does not involve a form letter.

I'm happy to refer to myself as female, but I tend to use that in a way to get away from gender roles (although 'womyn' could suffice for that goal). However, hetero-normative dating is ALL about gender roles and the aim to get a date/girlfriend/partner. Not to try to emulate a zoo's panda breeding program.

I'm actually surprised he can say anywhere near as high as 5%.